The “biggest” project doesn’t always carry the day in ENR Southeast’s annual Best Projects contest. True, a project’s sizable scope can easily impress, but mostly it’s a design and construction team’s outstanding management, execution and attention to detail that capture the attention of judges as they hand out the major awards.
A case in point is this year’s Project of the Year, the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention in Gainesville, Fla. After earning a Best Projects award in the small project category, the complex facility went on to beat out other, larger projects for this year’s top prize. The achievement marks the first time that a small project has gone on to claim the Project of the Year prize.